Audacity Installation
Windows Installation
Windows Installation
Step 1: Install Audacity
- Go to http://www.audacityteam.org/download/ and select Windows.
- Left-click on the installer file. Right-clicking and saving the file will not work.
- Follow Setup Wizard instructions to complete the installation.
Step 2: Install LAME Encoder
- Go to http://lame.buanzo.org/ and click the "Windows Downloads" link.
- Left-click the installation package.
- Follow Setup Wizard to install (you can ignore any warnings that the "publisher could not be verified").
- Do not change the default install destination.
Step 3: Exporting Audio
- Launch Audacity.
- Click the red circle to record any audio you wish to save as an MP3 file, then click the tan "stop" button.
- Go to File>Export Audio...
- Change the file type to MP3.
- Export.
- If you receive an error "Audacity needs the file libmp3lame.dylib to crete MP3s", select the location of the LAME file on your computer and press OK.
Mac Installation
Mac Installation
Step 1: Install Audacity
- Go to http://www.audacityteam.org/download/ and select Mac.
- Left-click the .dmg file.
- Double click the downloaded file.
- When prompted, drag the Audacity.app icon to the Applications shortcut.
Step 2: Install LAME Encoder
- Go to http://lame.buanzo.org/ and click the "Mac Downloads" link.
- Left-click the .dmg installation package.
- Double click the "Lame Library v* for Audacity.pkg" file.
- If you get an error that looks like this:
- Right-click the .pkg file and click Open.
- Follow the setup instructions to complete the installation.
Step 3: Exporting Audio
- Launch Audacity.
- Click the red circle to record any audio you wish to save as an MP3 file, then click the tan "stop" button.
- Go to File>Export Audio...
- Change the file type to MP3.
- Export.
- If you receive an error "Audacity needs the file libmp3lame.dylib to create MP3s", select the location of the LAME file on your computer and press OK.